Museum brings civil rights leaders’ portraiture in Templeton exhibition
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Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Memphis,TN, Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum has opened a new exhibition, Lest We Forget… Images of the Black Civil Rights Movement, on display until May 6, 2024.
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- Memphis,TN, Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum has opened a new exhibition, Lest We Forget… Images of the Black Civil Rights Movement, on display until May 6, 2024.
- This traveling collection, showcasing 35 powerful portraits and images by Robert Templeton, captures key figures and moments from the Black civil rights movement, spanning from the Niagara Movement to the 1970s.
- He was inspired by the turmoil of the 1967 Detroit riots and embarked on a mission to visually document the struggle for equal rights.
- In Memphis for the first time, the Lest We Forget exhibition is included with museum admission.